Saturday, July 24, 2010

We are pleased to invite you to the Unity Day USA; a purposeful event to bring Americans together. The idea for Unity Day USA was first conceived on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and took its current form on Sunday, September 11, 2005. It is an initiative to come together to stand up for the safety, security and cohesiveness of America.

On this Unity Day, we the people of the United States of America of every faith, race, ethnicity, culture and background will gather to express our commitment to co-existence, unity, prosperity and well being of our nation. (Scroll down for the list)

Our civic leaders including Mayors, Council members, State representatives, Senators, Congresspersons and other officials will honor us with their presence. Each Mayor at the event will give a one minute speech to share their thoughts about co-existence and promoting social cohesion in their respective cities. Additionally, our men and women in uniform including police and fire chiefs will be honored for their outstanding service to our nation.

Leaders from various faith communities will share a few words of wisdom from their respective scriptures, beliefs or oral traditions. Unity Day USA is about re-affirming our faith in the goodness in humanity, and the longing for harmony and co-existence. The traditions include but are not limited to Native American, Atheist, Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Earth-traditions, Hindu, Muslim, Jain, Jewish, Sikh, Wicca and Zoroastrians; thus it is an all inclusive event.

It is an experience to feel a sense of unity with fellow Americans that brings forth a feeling of coming home to where we drop all of our identities and to be united together as an American family.

As Americans we uphold, protect, defend and celebrate the values enshrined in our constitution. Our faiths reinforce the idea of one nation with liberty and justice for all.

REQUESTED ACTION:

1. Please mark your calendar for Sunday, September 12, 2010 between 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM, and send a confirmation of your intent to attend with your names to: confirmattendance@gmail.com.

3. If you wish your organization and place of worship to be listed as participating organization, please send the name and URL of your organizations to: unitydayusa@gmail.com, it will be listed on our website. We have had 90 organizations participate in our previous events.

SUGGESTED LINKS:A few selected comments from the fist event.Civic Leaders and Mayors who attendedOrganizations (90) who have been a part of the event

The people representing different faiths on the stage... and civic leadershipAre you in the group? If not, please join.

We are looking for confirmations, if you wish to represent the non-assigned group, please let us know and we are still waiting for confirmations ...

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Agnostics

Ahmadiyya - confirmed

Atheism - confirmed

Bahai - confirmed

Baptist

Bohra - confirmed

Buddhists - confirmed

Catholic

Choctaw - confirmed

Christian - confirmed

Church of God

Confucius - confirmed

Dao

Earth Traditions - confirmed

Episcopal

Evangelicals - confirmed

Greek Orthodox

Hare Krishna - confirmed

Hinduism - confirmed

Hopi

Ismaili - confirmed

Jainism

Jehovah's witness

Judaism - confirmed

Lutheran

Maya

Methodist - confirmed

Mormon

New Thought

Oloriyo

Pagan - Confirmed

Presbyterian - confirmed

Protestant - confirmed

Scientology

Shia

Shinto

Sikh

Spiritualists - confirmed

Sufi

Sunni - confirmed

Toltec

Unification Church - confirmed

Unity - confirmed

Unitarian Universalists

Urantia - confirmed

Vendantic Hinduism - confirmed

Warith Deen Muhammad - confirmed

Wicca

Zoroastrian - confirmed

No matter what sub-identity we prefix to it, we are all Americans. I request each one of you to be who you are, and be proud of it, it is what you believe and it works for you.

What does it take to build orderly societies?

What does it take for you, me and others to feel safe and live in peace?

We have to consciously create institutions and systems that will become a catalyst to a positive change and bring about cohesive functioning of the society. It is our duty to keep law and order and faithfully guard the safety of every citizen. As an individual, I cannot be safe if the people around me aren’t, it is in my interest to seek peace for all of us.

We have a monumental task to repair the World, and we will do our part in working towards a World of co-existence, one person at a time. We are committed, and now join us with the blessings of the all pervasive, omnicient energy that some call it cosmic energy, some don't believe in the existence of such a being and many call him God in so many ways...

Civic Leaders from several cities including Mayors, fire and police chiefs

THE PROGRAMSunday, September 12, 2010 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

National AnthemPledge of AllegiancePurpose of Unity dayAcknowledgmentCivic LeadershipFaith LeadershipRecognitionsPeace PledgeRefreshments